jowwow Report post Posted May 10, 2006 Found this and thought of our American friends. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sparhawk Report post Posted May 10, 2006 I found that really funny. Ahh the puns in english. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alderan Report post Posted May 10, 2006 Oh my gosh I'm insulted! I demand this topic be deleted right now! Nah j/k, thats hillarious! lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanyia Report post Posted May 10, 2006 That's great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arnieman Report post Posted May 12, 2006 Funny, but here's my question - Why don't you ever hear the terms in reverse? I mean, we all know what these technical terms mean to rednecks, why not a few redneck terms to technical people? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LabRat Report post Posted May 12, 2006 Funny, but here's my question - Why don't you ever hear the terms in reverse? I mean, we all know what these technical terms mean to rednecks, why not a few redneck terms to technical people? j00 asked for it, j00 got it: ALL - (noun) - A petroleum-based lubricant. Usage: "I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my pickup truck." ARE - (noun) - A colorless, odorless gas containing oxygen. Usage: "He cain't breathe ... give 'im some ARE!" BAMMER - (noun) - The state west of Jawjuh. Capitol is Berminhayam. Usage: "A tornader jes went through Bammer an' left $20,000,000 in improvements." BARD - (verb) - Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow." Usage: "My brother bard my pickup truck." BARE - (noun) - An alcoholic beverage made of barley, hops, and yeast. Usage: "Ah thank ah'll have a bare." BOB WAR - (noun) - A sharp, twisted cable. Usage: "Boy, stay away from that bob war fence." CHEER - (adverb) In this place. Usage: "Just set that bare rat cheer". DID - (adjective) - Not alive. Usage: "He's did, Jim." FAR - (noun) - A conflagration. Usage: "If my brother from Jawjuh don't change the all in my pickup truck, that thing's gonna catch far." FARN - (adjective) - Not domestic. Usage: "I cuddint unnerstand a wurd he sed ... must be from some farn country." FAT - (noun), (verb) - A battle or combat; to engage in battle or combat. Usage: "You younguns keep fat'n, n' ah'm gonna whup y'uh." GUBMINT - (noun) - A bureaucratic institution. Usage: "Them gubmint boys shore is ignert." HAZE - A contraction. Usage: "Is Bubba smart?" "Nah ... haze ignert. He ain't thanked but a minnit'n 'is laf." HEIDI - (noun) - Greeting. HIRE YEW - Complete sentence. Remainder of greeting. Usage: "Heidi, Hire yew?" IGNERT - (adjective) - Not smart. See "Arkansas native." Usage: "Them Bammer boys sure are ignert!" JAWJUH - (noun) - The state north of Florida. Capitol is Lanner. Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck and took it to Lanner." JEW HERE - (noun) and (verb) Contraction. Usage: "Jew here that my brother from Jawjuh got a job with that bob war fence cump'ny?" MUNTS - (noun) - A calendar division. Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck, and I ain't herd from him in munts." RANCH - (noun)- Tool used for tight'nin' bolts. Usage: "I thank I left my ranch in the back of that pickup truck my brother from Jawjuh bard a few munts ago." RATS - (noun) - Entitled power or privilege. Usage: "We Southerners are willin' to fat for are rats." RETARD - (verb) - To stop working. Usage: "My grampaw retard at age 65." SEED -(verb) - Past tense of "to see". Usage: "I ain't never seed New York City". TAR - (noun) - A rubber wheel. Usage: "Gee, I hope that brother of mine from Jawjuh don't git a flat tar in my pickup truck." THANK - (verb) - Cognitive process. Usage: "Ah thank ah'll have a bare." TIRE - (noun) - A tall monument. Usage: "Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, I sure do hope to see that Eiffel Tire in Paris sometime." VIEW - Contraction (verb) and pronoun. Usage: "I ain't never seed New York City ... view?" stolen from here:http://www.englishforums.com/English/RedneckTerms/njrp/Post.htm And you think that's bad - want to read what I have to put up with where I live? And no, this is not extracting the urine - people actually talk like this in everyday life.. Ackerdocks - Aqueduct Ackers - Money Adu - How are you? Addick - Haddock (fish) Affpast - Half past the hour "the toym is affpass three" Ar'l goo tClent - Expression of surprise Ahr - Yes Ar bay - I am not Ar bin - I am Arf soaked - Stupid Ahr wow - I won't Alloy - Friend Alley Boy - Excuse of being elsewhere Air - The wife ..as in "air at um" Ark - Listen Arbun edge - "Refers to a bad cup of tea .as in ""tests loik 'Arbun Edge"". " I.e Tastes like leaves from a Harborne hedge Arffa - Half as in "arffa bitta" Aar kid - as in "awa ya doin aar kid" brother/kin Anyroadup - anyhow, anyway Arse Cream - Frozen confectionery (as in choc ice) Avon - Light commercial vehicle (as in Ford Transit) A - not going to have to Aynit - Is it not ? Azzo - as though A bag of suck - Four ounces of sweeties Bab - "used as a term for an adult woman as in ""Oroit Bab? " Babbee - Small child..the youngest Barmy - Insane Baygoona - Not going to. Beeza - BSA motorbikes made in Small Heath Bin - Been, as in " Wair ya bin?" Bint - Slightly derogatory term for a young woman Bir-nin-em - Birmingham Bison - Basin. A kitchen utensil..as in "puddin bison" Blartin - Crying..lots of tears Blastid - A more polite word to use instead of "Bloody" Bloke - A gentleman Blood Tub - Cinema where Bloodthirsty Films shown. Bokkle - Bottle Boyk - Two-wheeled vehicle. (bicycle) or a lady of ill repute Booza - Ale House etc…or one who frequents one Bosta - Large Bostin - Terrific, excellent, fantastic etc. Bosti fittle - Good food. Brewy Leven - Brew XI. A beer brewed by Mitchells and Butlers in Cape Hill Bronical - Chest trouble Bug Hutch - The Local Cinema Buzz - Bus a form of public transport shamelessly stolen from http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/slang.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
